Psalm 8136
For the music director; according to the gittith style;37 by Asaph.
81:1 Shout for joy to God, our source of strength!
Shout out to the God of Jacob!
81:2 Sing1 a song and play the tambourine,
the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!
81:3 Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon,2
and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins.3
81:4 For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel;4
it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.
81:5 He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,
when he attacked the land of Egypt.5
I heard a voice I did not recognize.6
81:6 It said:7 “I removed the burden from his shoulder;
his hands were released from holding the basket.8
81:7 In your distress you called out and I rescued you.
I answered you from a dark thundercloud.9
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.10
(Selah)
81:8 I said,11 ‘Listen, my people!
I will warn12 you!
O Israel, if only you would obey me!13
81:9 There must be14 no other15 god among you.
You must not worship a foreign god.
81:10 I am the Lord, your God,
the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
81:11 But my people did not obey me;16
Israel did not submit to me.17
81:12 I gave them over to their stubborn desires;18
they did what seemed right to them.19
81:13 If only my people would obey me!20
If only Israel would keep my commands!21
81:14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies,
and attack22 their adversaries.”
81:15 (May those who hate the Lord23 cower in fear24 before him!
May they be permanently humiliated!)25
81:16 “I would feed Israel the best wheat,26
and would satisfy your appetite27 with honey from the rocky cliffs.”28
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